Stories tagged “knives”
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Another Tactic
Green advances on me with a decidedly menacing air. He’s got a knife in one hand, and while I’m not sure what he expects to do with the damned thing I can’t help but feel nervous about it. Knives don’t do a whole lot to a guy li...
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Under Pressure
The knife he had pointed at me was longer than my forearm, and that freaked me out. I don’t know about you, but when someone has a knife aimed in the general direction of your stomach, you are only thinking about protecting the organs inside you....
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Escape Velocity: +3
Bellowing in agony, Ramirez jerked instinctively away from the pain in his foot; off balance from kicking Jordan, he stumbled. The blaster discharged wildly, slagging something invisible in the smoke. Jordan kicked expertly at Ramirez’s groin, bu...
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Templeton, Missouri
And then there was the time that Ephraim Tate cut Slow Jack Blessing’s throat. Right in the middle of town and everything. There’d been words exchanged, of course. Slow Jack might have had a drink or two, and I know Ephraim was three sheets...
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If Knives Were Toys And I A Child
There is pain in my stomach. It is nothing for one to fret over because it is only that subtle stomach ache that we occasionally get. What is not normal are the thoughts that I have whilst I experience these stomach pains. I think of knives, stabbing ...